Android apps all show inverted colours

[pherjung]

I installed it from Aurora Store.

[Edz]

I’ve tried everything I can, removal, restart, etc, still UI colours are inverted and theme selection yields opposite results. Trying to use Here Maps is like being on acid.

Aurora store?, hmmmm, repacked APK’s?, no thanks.

[abranson]

On desktop I see a ‘Package Installer’ link on here that downloads an apk.

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Some screenshots of the weird theming might be helpful.

[Edz]

UI colours are inverted - why are images needed to see Whatsapp UI inverted?

[Edz]

With Dark Theme selected, I get this;

With Light Theme selected, I get this;

As stated earlier, I get the opposite, but neither of these options yield normal UI colours.

[abranson]

There’s a little accessibility guy in the navbar there. What’s he doing there?

Is it something to do with this?

Turn on Dark theme & color inversion - Android Accessibility Help

[pherjung]

I got it. He enabled the option Colour inverted in the android settings. Open Android Settings->Help operation (3rd last from the bottom) and Colour inverted.

[abranson]

I just found that while trying to get that little guy to appear. How do you do that by accident?

[Edz]

@abranson I think that little guy icon appeared when I installed Google Translate app.

@pherjung - I changed nothing, all I did was update the OS. I cannot follow your instructions for some reason…think I’m going low blood sugar, literally. I cannot find options you mention.

[abranson]

Glad it’s fixed anyway! I wonder if Google Translate did something to turn that on. Let’s see if it happens to anyone else.

[Edz]

Fixed?, not for me it isn’t.

[pherjung]

In the Android Settings, what do you have at the end of the list?

[Edz]

I cannot find Android settings.

[pherjung]

Open SailfishOS’s Settings → Android App → Click 5 times on Android Version.

[throwaway69]

apkd-launcher com.android.settings/com.android.settings.Settings

[Edz]

Thank you @pherjung for your time and patience!, fixed!, what a strange thing to have this option set true…I didn’t even know that page existed.

[abranson]

Tapping on that little guy should also open that page. There you can turn off the colour inversion shortcut - which is that guy.

[Edz]

Thanks @abranson, I’ve learned 2 things today. Thanks all for your input.

[olf]

@Edz, there is a third thing you might learn:

@Edz

Aurora store?, hmmmm, repacked APK’s?, no thanks.

Aurora Store is a Open Source client app for the Google Play Store, hence the APKs it installs are the exactly same as with Google’s Store app.

[Edz]

thanks @olf, I didn’t know that, perhaps I should learn to be more trusting and research things.